Music-book holder



(No Model.)

G. A. WETZ.

MUSIC BOOK HOLDER.

No. 445,591. Patented Feb. 8, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARRIE A. VVETZ, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

MUSIC-BOOK HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,591, dated February3, 1891.

Application filed January 18, 1890. Serial No. 336,777. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, CARRIE A. WETZ, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in Music-Book Holders; andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures ofreference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in music-book holders, the featuresof which will be fully hereinafter set forth and'claimed.

The use of my invention is to hold the leaves on both sides of an openbook as the same is being used in instrumental playing.

The construction is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFigure 1 is a side view of the device as attached to a base-board. Fig.2 is a top view of the device.

In the two views like letters and numerals designate like parts.

When the holders are prepared for use, two of them are attached to apiece of board of suitable length with the clamping-fingers to ward eachother.

A is the supporting board.

B is a metal plate with its edges turned over, and on the near side areprojections 4 4 to arrest the movement of the sliding frame, and it hasholes through its bottom for woodscrews.

0 is a metallic plate bent at an obtuse angle. The base part moveswithin the grooves formed by the edges of the bottom plate and has thelug 3 resting and adapted to slide on the top of an upturned edge of thebed-plate B to engage the said projections, and also ears in which isheld the pivot 6, on which is supported the clampiug-fingerD. Thisfinger is of the form shown and has ears to engage the said pivot. Abovethis pivot is the spiral spring 2, the respective ends of which bearagainst the sliding frame and the upwardlyextending part of theclamping-finger. This spring holds the finger against the base-board,and beneath the inner ends are held the leaves of an open music-book.

Two of the holders are attached to a board a proper distance apart, andbetween them is placed an open book and the leaves are placed beneaththe fingers. By grasping the top of the sliding frame and the finger andthereby raising said finger, the leaves are put beneath the same andsaid finger then released from the grasp, when said finger will securelyhold the leaves of a book.

Having fully described my invention, whatI claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, 1s

The fiat metal base-plate, the flat metal sliding plate O, confined andlongitudinally slidable on the upper face of said base-plate, and havingits rear end bent up at an obtuse angle to form a handle, said platehaving ears struck up from its edges, in combination with theclamping-finger mounted between said ears and provided with anactuating-spring, and having its handle end bent up above said handleend of the sliding plate to correspond therewith, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I affix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

CARRIE A. WETZ.

Witnesses:

B. PICKERING, CHAS. A. WALTMIRE.

